Long term trend of snow depth at Sonnblick (Austrian Alps) and its relation to climate change

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1052-1063

  Schoner W ^a   Auer, I ^a   Bohm R ^a  

^a ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpine precipitation; Alps; Austria; Climate change; Climate variability; Snow; Snow precipitation; Sonnblick; Trends

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MEASUREMENTS; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

ALPINE PRECIPITATION; ALPS; AUSTRIA; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; SONNBLICK; TRENDS;

SNOW;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOW ACCUMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 62249182982     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7209     Document Type: Conference Paper

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